“Who. you ask, is this fellow? — What matter names?
He is only a scribbler who is content.”

"Auctorial Induction"
The Certain Hour (1916)
Context: Thus he labors, and loudly they jeer at him; — That is, when they remember he still exists. Who. you ask, is this fellow? — What matter names?
He is only a scribbler who is content.

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